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Xamarin iOS App Privacy information

I am creating a cross platform app with iOS being one of the targets and with the new App Privacy requirements as of iOS 14.5 I was wondering if Xamarin Forms itself tracks any data from my app just by me using the framework, as I am responsible for disclosing any data tracked by a 3rd party in my app, even though I don't track anything with my own code.

I have looked over the Xamarin site and this forum looking for confirmation that Xamarin does or does not do any tracking and haven't managed to find anything.

I only ask because I have used other frameworks like Unity which do at a minimum (unless you do some trickery) record some diagnostic data about the device running your app which I have to disclose.

Thank you for any information you can offer.

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LeonLu-MSFT answered James-6233 commented

Hello,​

Welcome to our Microsoft Q&A platform!

Xamarin Forms will not track any data, if you want to achieve App Tracking Transparency, you should implement App Tracking Transparency and request permission like this thread.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/374387/ios-app-tracking-transparency.html

IF you still have concern about it, the source code of Xamarin forms upload to the GitHub. You can check the source code.

https://github.com/xamarin/Xamarin.Forms

Best Regards,

Leon Lu



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Thank you for the response.

I assumed this was the case and was moving forward as such, however I do care about privacy and so like to check that my assumptions are correct and couldn't find anything official. Perhaps an answer on a forum isn't "official" either but it has eased my concerns.

I could easily imagine legitimate situations where Microsoft may want to include diagnostic type information collection to Xamarin to help them understand how it is being used so they can improve the product but I am VERY pleased to hear that is not the case :)

James.

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